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FUNNY MOCHI
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The Gift
A young man was getting
ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired
a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his
father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached,
the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the
car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called
him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was
to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He
handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious, and somewhat
disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely,
leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold.
Angry, he rose his voice to his father and said "with all your
money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house.
Many years passed and
the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful
home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old,
and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since
that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received
a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed
all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately
and take care of things. When he arrived at his father's house,
sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search
through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible,
just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible
and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined
a verse, Matt.7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father
which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?"
As he read those words,
a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with
the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had
desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words
PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we
miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?
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